Maine-based Androscoggin Dwelling Healthcare + Hospice will likely be rebranded to “higher mirror its evolution and future” and can function beneath the identify Andwell Well being Companions going ahead.

“As we continued to develop and evolve, we realized that the identify Androscoggin Dwelling Healthcare and Hospice not precisely mirrored who we’re, the place we’re going and who we serve,” Andwell Chairman Debra Fournier mentioned in an announcement. “The brand new identify, Andwell Well being Companions, higher encompasses every little thing the group does. We at the moment are the biggest unbiased, nonprofit, home- and community-based well being care group in Maine.”

Andwell – previously Androscoggin – is a nonprofit group with greater than 500 workers in all 16 counties in Maine. The corporate was based in 1966 and over time has expanded past residence care to offer hospice, palliative, behavioral well being and pediatric care to sufferers.

Its president and CEO, Ken Albert, served for a number of years on the board of the Nationwide Affiliation for Dwelling Care & Hospice (NAHC), together with as chairman of the board.

The phrase Andwell is “an amalgamation of the group's historical past, mission and companies,” the corporate mentioned. Particularly, the 'And' refers to Androscoggin, the 'Effectively' emphasizes the deal with well being and wellness and 'Dwell' evokes the deal with residence care.

Well being Companions, the second a part of the identify, “represents the group's mission to be a trusted associate to its sufferers and shoppers, with an emphasis on wellness, not illness.”

“We work with hospitals, healthcare techniques and different healthcare organizations,” Albert mentioned in an announcement. “We’re proud that they select us time and time once more as their most well-liked associate for residence and neighborhood well being care. We’re happy with our essential place on the healthcare continuum, and we all know Andwell Well being Companions displays our true evolution and imaginative and prescient. Our identify could have modified, however our hearts haven’t. We’re nonetheless the identical nice individuals and we’re nonetheless dedicated to bettering the standard of life by offering progressive and compassionate healthcare for all.”